A practical reading method
Record Caption and Image Order for Screen Readers
Record figure label, caption opening, page, and the paragraph that first references it. Check the screen-reader order and note any mismatch without assuming the visual order is correct. Build a short navigation sequence from paragraph to figure to caption and back to the claim.
Use this in illustrated nonfiction, textbooks, or digital editions with complex page layouts. Assistive reading order may separate a figure from its caption or place both far from the paragraph that interprets them.
Use case
When this method helps
Use this in illustrated nonfiction, textbooks, or digital editions with complex page layouts.
Assistive reading order may separate a figure from its caption or place both far from the paragraph that interprets them.
Method
Build the note
1. Record figure label, caption opening, page, and the paragraph that first references it.
2. Check the screen-reader order and note any mismatch without assuming the visual order is correct.
3. Build a short navigation sequence from paragraph to figure to caption and back to the claim.
Example
See the boundary in practice
Page 92 paragraph cites Figure 4; the reading order reaches Figure 5 first, so the note links the correct label and caption explicitly.
Quality check
Before you trust the note
The sequence should identify the right figure and return to the argument without relying on visual proximity.